[aprssig] newbee with D72 and AVMAP G5

[Steve Noskowicz]

Sorry, Stephen. I should have flipped my response.  My main point was that there are two 2.5 mm jacks and the other (top one) is for the speaker out.

That COM jack function info was really just an FYI after-thought after seeing it in the manual since I wanted to verify that Kenwood used the 2.5 mm for speaker out, as usual.


-- 
 73, Steve, K9DCI   USN (Vet) MOT (Ret) Ham (Yet)

--- On Tue, 5/1/12, Stephen H. Smith <wa8lmf2 at aol.com> wrote:

> On 5/1/2012 9:06 PM, Steve Noskowicz
> wrote:
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 5/1/12, Stephen H. Smith<wa8lmf2 at aol.com> 
> wrote:
> > 
> >> The only 2.5mm jack on the side is an EXTERNAL gps
> hookup,
> >> just like the predecessor TH-D7 and D700.
> > 
> > D72 Manual says the 2.5 mm COM port is for:
> > 1 - External GPS, or Wx Station
> > 2 - DX cluster (HF rig tune)
> > 3 - Sky Command HF rig operation.
> 
> These are all specialized interfaces, two of which are
> intimately dependent on Kenwood firmware in other radios
> like the TS-480 or TS-2000.    The fact remains
> that the classic "main" serial port that provided
> more-or-less generic acccess to the TNC, for external
> programs on the previous D700 or TH-D7 is now a USB port.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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